Chicken Parmigiana
This food cannot be considered a strictly Italian dish, although it can probably be found in Italy. Italians make a similarly delicious eggplant or zucchini, which can also be found on this blog under the name parmigiana di melanzane or zucchine di melanzane. This food can be associated with Italians and those countries where more people from Italy live. I was told about this food by my friend who lived in Australia and associated it with Australia. That’s what this food is, it’s one of the most common dishes in Australian restaurants and pubs. Locals call this dish parm or parmy or also parma.
This dish takes a little time to make, but the result is one that most diners like.
Preparation time: About 1 hour 20 minutes
Level: Rather easy
Quantity: For two to four
Ingredients:
Two chicken fillets cut in half lengthwise
About 50 g of breadcrumbs
2-3 tablespoons of flour
100 g of grated parmesan
Salt and black pepper to taste
150 g of mozzarella
Cooking oil for frying
2 eggs for breading
For the tomato sauce:
One 400 ml can of crushed tomatoes
One medium onion finely chopped
5-6 medium cloves of garlic finely chopped
A handful of basil, finely chopped
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
2-3 tablespoons of olive oil
Preparation:
- To prepare the sauce, chop the onion and garlic and brown them in a pan for a few minutes. Add canned tomatoes and basil. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Let it simmer for about 20 minutes.
- To prepare the chicken, cut the chicken fillet lengthwise into two thin pieces, pat it between cling film to make it a little more tender, and season with salt and pepper.
- Bread the chicken pieces first in flour, then in beaten egg, add half of the grated Parmesan to the breadcrumbs, and mix evenly and bread the meat in this mixture.
- Fry the breaded pieces of meat in cooking oil on both sides on medium heat until golden brown.
- Put a couple of tablespoons of tomato sauce in the baking dish, place on top of the tomato sauce the fried chicken pieces, and cover with the rest of the tomato sauce.
- Shake the chicken pieces over the remaining Parmesan and cut a slice of mozzarella on top.
- Bake the chicken in the oven at 180 degrees until the mozzarella browns in some places. It takes about 5 minutes, depending on the oven it may take a little longer.
Serve with baked potatoes.
Ready!!
